Deportations of illegal immigrants were nine times higher last year than 20 years ago

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Feb 14, 2014 at 12:01 AMFeb 14, 2014 at 5:38 PM

Of all the matters on which American conservatives generally are wrong in their criticisms of President Obama, perhaps none is more egregious than the issue of illegal immigration.

The right-wing rhetoric on this subject is usually the exact opposite of the truth. To wit, the popular notion among American xenophobes is that Obama has willfully ignored — nay, actually encouraged — a growing flood of illegals into our country. There are only two words to describe such claims — utter nonsense.

Take, for example, the argument made by one of my fellow bloggers at RRStar.com. He says America’s borders “are ...

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Of all the matters on which American conservatives generally are wrong in their criticisms of President Obama, perhaps none is more egregious than the issue of illegal immigration.

The right-wing rhetoric on this subject is usually the exact opposite of the truth. To wit, the popular notion among American xenophobes is that Obama has willfully ignored — nay, actually encouraged — a growing flood of illegals into our country. There are only two words to describe such claims — utter nonsense.

Take, for example, the argument made by one of my fellow bloggers at RRStar.com. He says America’s borders “are ...